Category Archives: World

KARACHI, Pakstan (AP) - A gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in Pakistan's largest port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, and injur...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in...

GENEVA (AP) - A "campaign of destruction" in October by Sudanese rebels against non-Arab communities in and near a city in Sudan's western region of Darfur shows "hallmarks of genocide," U.N.-backed h...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Congress late Wednesday elected legislator Jos Mara Balczar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous day ove...

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players' association on Wednesday, a day after Tony Clark's forced resignation, a person familiar with the...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in...

The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice. But elite skaters also fight injuries, much like the rest of us who work out, go to the gym or swim to stay fit...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers still alive but trapped Tuesday after an avalanche high in the rugged No...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The person who opened fire Monday during a youth hockey game at a Rhode Island ice rink was specifically targeting family members, killing an ex-wife and son as many fans dived ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle towards the west side of the Capitol Building armed with a shotgun. Capital...